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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks MOFs

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Reconocimiento molecular en catálisis asimétrica de contra-anión: Comprensión de la desimetrización mediada por

Fernanda Duarte¹, Robert S Paton²

¹EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh , Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

|June 6, 2017

Resumen

Este estudio revela cómo los aniones quirales guían las reacciones enantioselectivamente. Explica el emparejamiento de iones, la apertura de anillos y la desactivación del catalizador en la catálisis asimétrica dirigida por contraaniones (ACDC) utilizando métodos computacionales.

Área de la Ciencia:

Química orgánica
Química computacional
Catálisis

Sus antecedentes:

La catálisis de transferencia de fase de aniones quirales es crucial para la síntesis enantioselectiva.
La catálisis asimétrica dirigida por contraaniones (ACDC, por sus siglas en inglés) ofrece una poderosa estrategia para controlar la estereoquímica.

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar teóricamente la apertura de anillos enantioselectivos de cationes de meso-aziridinio y episulfonio a través del ACDC.
Elucidar los mecanismos de emparejamiento de iones, apertura de anillos y desactivación del catalizador en fase condensada.

Principales métodos:

Se han empleado métodos mecánicos clásicos y cuánticos para simulaciones de fase condensada.
Se utilizaron modelos solvados explícita e implícitamente para estudiar los mecanismos de reacción.
Se realizó un análisis de distorsión/interacción para comprender la enantioselectividad.

Principales resultados:

La estabilidad de los pares de iones quirales se rige por las interacciones electrostáticas de largo alcance y de corto alcance CH··O.
El disolvente influye significativamente en la formación de pares de iones, mientras que las interacciones no de enlace dictan la enantioselectividad.
El enantiómero favorecido surge de la reducción de la distorsión del sustrato.

Conclusiones:

Los hallazgos computacionales racionalizan la estereoselectividad experimental en la catálisis quiral de contriones.
Un enfoque clásico/cuántico combinado permite el modelado realista de estos sistemas catalíticos.
El estudio proporciona información fundamental sobre los mecanismos de catálisis asimétricos dirigidos por contraaniones.

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